TUSSOCK


Meaning of TUSSOCK in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Beside a tussock of grass a little way outside the opposite copse, a rabbit was sitting and gazing at them.

But smaller creatures can find shelter enough in the unlikely setting of a scruffy grass tussock .

He swung his alpenstock vigorously, teeing off tussocks of grass.

Here in the open grass he broke into a headlong run, lurching and recovering as the tussocks turned under him.

Low structure and tussock shape, which gives protection from drying winds, e.g. heather, bilberry.

The insect population of a single large tussock has been estimated at more than 1,000 individuals.

Then, from between two great tussocks of hair-grass came Fiver, his eyes blazing with a frantic urgency.

Wigeon A lone pair of gad wall preened on shrinking tussocks.

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